Current Events 2021

This is a page to keep track of day to day events related to SimPvP, including things which wouldn't be important enough for Server History or News. The record officially starts on January 1st, 2021, and events prior to then do not belong on this page.

View Current Events 2020 or Current Events 2019 to see previous archives.

January 2021

January 1st:

• The server's physical host location, French Polynesia, entered 2021, prompting Burger_Malone to update the page. This was the highlight of their New Years Day.
• A large battle takes place in the PvP world between members of the Church of Francis and the People's Coalition, with no conclusive results.

January 3rd:

• Burger_Malone completes an 8x6 Map Art, the largest on the server so far.
• The Church of Francis griefs the YeeterMyPeeter base Axetown.

January 5th:

• ElectricChugg, willowienal, and AntiFreezeFluid officially join Quabbin.

January 11th:

• AntHand, ostrich1414, Sellout9, Zepheron, and 4Pilot, on behalf of the People's Coalition, raid and annex the base Three Words, Lord1 and Tenced's main city.

January 12th:

• Korijenkins and ostrich1414 annex Poop City, removing it entirely and relocating it to Void City where it will be on display indefinitely.

January 13th:

• After four and a half years, DakkaDok officially steps down as SimPvP admin.

January 18th:

• The People's Coalition raids and annexes Pepe's Holy Land, a base created by MrMeeps and Church of Francis member TomixPlayz.

January 19th:

• After the base is discovered by 2b2t players, ostrich1414 and Zepheron grief the City of the Divine Lord, Wilbur (Wilburia) before the others can grief it.

January 24th:

• Plugin portal frames can now be built with crying obsidian.

January 28th:

• After days of negotiation, The Imperial War finally comes to an end as the People's Coalition and the Church of Francis officially agree to mutual peace.
  • A small peace conference is held at Gibraltar Castle, a former base griefed by the PC at the start of the war back in December 2020. Members from both the PC and the COF attend the summit and sign treaties.
• The Trade Federation is formed.

February 2021

February 7th:

• The Francillian Freindship Work Camp (FFCW) is established by the Holy States of Francis, bringing several new players to the base as slaves and forcing them to mine stone, while giving them supplies, food, and shelter.

February 12th:

• 4Pilot discovers Azdin actively griefing Castle Snowfrog manually. After driving him off, 4Pilot decided to lavacast what remained of the castle to prevent Azdin from doing further damage.
• In a related incident, SkullerG further decimates Azpipia, which had already been heavily damaged in 2020.

February 15th:

• Ostrich1414 founds Riverwood, a small base made for new players. Three new players are immediately brought there the day of its founding.

February 16th:

• Tenced becomes the Supreme General of HSOF by stealing the Supreme General Sword from Lord1 after a pvp that also involved James8B.

February 18th:

• 4Pilot's refurbished end portal pyramid is griefed by an unknown player, although many point to e_lee as the culprit.
• Azdin National Park is created near spawn by ostrich1414, Lord1, SkullerG, 4Pilot, and iLxgend. The park is made by igniting hundreds of stacks of TNT and creating dozens of withers, as well as a few lavacasts.

February 26th:

• A minor incident takes place at Riverwood in which vandalism from The Order of Wilbur is discovered on the Holy States of Francis's temple, resulting in the HSOF to retaliate and spread their own vandalism throughout the town. However, the incident is resolved swiftly and peace is made.

February 28th:

• International Lord1 Day.

March 2021

March 2nd:

• An entity malfunction at The Commonwealth's gold farm brings the server's TPS down to 1 and FPS to 0, forcing ostrich1414 to implement a whitelist with a minimum of 8,200 hours in order to fix it.

March 3rd:

• After 8 years, 9 months, and 2 days, Ralph returns to the server, blessing SimPvP and its community with his presence.

March 5th:

• The first ever Map Art Competition begins on SimPvP (more information here: [1])

March 20th:

• MoWobbler becomes the newest SimPvP admin.

March 23rd:

• After BossCoww beats clipchip's time on The Spawn Challenge for the first time since 2017, the "DO NOT TRUST CLIPCHIP" sign is promptly changed to "YMP WIN POOP LOL :-)".

March 27th:

• A few days after BossCoww's high score, _Goujon_ manages to beat him in The Spawn Challenge, thus replacing the "YMP WIN POOP LOL :-)" sign with "_GOUJON_ LOVES FORTNITE".

March 28th:

• Ostrich1414 creates the spawn landmark Iron Block.

March 29th:

• After weeks of discussion regarding Korijenkins' proposed Base Restoration Policy, Yukarion rules that Three Words, a city previously discovered using a now-illegal exploit, is to be restricted to those who gained access utilizing the exploit and its coordinates privatized. This becomes the first base to be restored with this new policy.

March 31st:

• A few days after _Goujon_'s high score, MoWobbler manages to beat his time for The Spawn Challenge, beating him by a mere two seconds. The spawn message is thus replaced from "_GOUJON LOVES FORTNITE" to "WE MISS TALKSALOT".
• The submission period for the Map Art Competition officially ends.

April 2021

April 1st:

• Yukarion rebrands the server as "SimPvE", disabling pvp across the server and turning /world into a peaceful meetup area.
• Voting for the Map Art Competition takes place in a polling station designed by iLxgend, with 13 official Map Art submissions and over 45 active voters.
  • After the votes are counted, iLxgend's map art, "SimPvP", is declared the winner, with 28 votes. It is placed on display at spawn.

April 4th:

• Cavehoe is jailed for Rule 3, the first punishment for Rule 3 in the history of the server, and Korijenkins hosts a small party at End Spawn in celebration.

April 5th:

• Three different server parties are held throughout the day: one at End spawn, one at Riverwood, and one at a man-made void chunk near spawn.

April 7th:

• GS rebuilds Nether Spawn whilst HSOF eliminates all Nether Spawn Withers.
• HSOF hosts a PvP tournament where the 3 legions of the Grand Army compete against each other in the 3 Words arena.

April 17th:

• The Spanish Inquisition conquers and annexes Quagsmaria.

April 19th:

• The Order of Wilbur founds their new headquarters, São Porco.

April 22nd:

• After many years, the iconic rectangular glass casing around spawn is completely removed, turning the enclosed protected zone into a completely open-air area.
  • During this event, a large party is held at spawn, with over a dozen attendees.
• VetoTheNeato declares the start of the "Summer of Veto", becoming a small meme. Only time will tell if the claim will prove true.

April 23rd:

• Simplicity PvP somehow turns 10 years old, reaching double-digits before a majority of the regular playerbase.
• Segoria is severely griefed by clipchip, ending the city's nearly two year long lifespan.

April 24th:

• Capture the Sign April 2021 is hosted, being the latest iteration in the Capture the Sign series.
  • With assistance from GS Trading Co. and YeeterMyPeeter, _Goujon_ wins the event after an hour and 57 minutes.
• Porkington began the first real building of Valtava, intended to become the greatest base after Segoria. The city infrastructure had been in preparation for months but real construction had not begun yet.

April 29th:

• GS Trading Co. heavily griefs End Spawn with withers.

May 2021

May 2nd:

• Ostrich1414 hosts the Server Party at Quabbin, an event that took place at the abandoned city of Quabbin after the coords had been purposefully leaked for partygoers, heavily inspired by the previous Server Party at Quinsigamond. In total, 27 players show up to the party, and it lasts roughly an hour and a half.
  • Much of the party is composed of OperatorUltra attacking and ambushing the other guests, with end crystals and respawn anchors frequently being used to try to kill them. OperatorUltra ends up killing three players: iLxgend, con_architect, and ostrich1414. Area 69, AntHand's district of Quabbin, is also severely griefed by clipchip.

May 3rd:

• The Holy States of Francis officially declares war on the Confederacy of Man.

May 4th

• The FuckOstrichForces is officially formed